Columbia matrix 81495. I'm gonna tear your playhouse down / Clara Smith
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| I'm gonna tear your playhouse down (Primary title) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Billy Gray (composer) | |
| Charles Handy (lyricist) | |
| Composer information source: Disc label; U.S. Copyright Office files. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Clara Smith (vocalist) | |
| Clara Smith Jazz Trio (Musical group) | |
| Clara Smith (leader) | |
| Clarence Conaway (instrumentalist : mandolin) | |
| Lincoln M. Conaway (instrumentalist : guitar) | |
| Porter Grainger (instrumentalist : kazoo) | |
- Description: Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio
- Instrumentation: Guitar, mandolin, and kazoo
- Category: Vocal
- Language: English
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Notes |
|---|
| Source(s): Dixon/Godrich/Rye (personnel); Rigler-Deutsch Index. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/18/1924 New York, New York | 1 | Master | Columbia 14013-D | |||
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| 1/18/1924 New York, New York | 1 | Master | VJM VLP-16 | |||
| 1/18/1924 New York, New York | 2 | Unknown | ||||
| 1/18/1924 New York, New York | 3 | Unknown | ||||
| 1/18/1924 New York, New York | 4 | Unknown | ||||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia matrix 81495. I'm gonna tear your playhouse down / Clara Smith," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000029262/81495-Im_gonna_tear_your_playhouse_down.
Columbia matrix 81495. I'm gonna tear your playhouse down / Clara Smith. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000029262/81495-Im_gonna_tear_your_playhouse_down.
"Columbia matrix 81495. I'm gonna tear your playhouse down / Clara Smith." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.
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